Mystery Bird: Dickcissel, Spiza americana (Repeat, OOPS!)

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[Mystery bird] Dickcissel, Spiza americana, photographed at Crab Street, Surfside, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]

Image: Joseph Kennedy, 18 November 2008 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/800s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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Huh. Well, one of three things is wacky here:

1) The bird was misidentified back on December 23.

2) It's misidentified now.

3) One or the other of the pictures was accidentally switched.

Because I'm willing to put money on it that this is the same photo that was identified as a Dickcissel on December 23.

Also, I think you neglected to close the 'strike' tag. I'm getting strikethroughed text all the way down the page.

Welcome back! :-)